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Br J Pharmacol
2002 Oct 01;1373:375-83. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704874.
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Inhibition of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by the abused solvent, toluene.
Bale AS
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Smothers CT
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Woodward JJ
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1 Toluene is a representative example of a class of industrial solvents that are voluntarily inhaled as drugs of abuse. Previous data from this lab and others has shown that toluene modulates the function of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glycine receptors at concentrations that do not affect non-NMDA receptors. 2 We utilized two-electrode voltage-clamp and whole cell patch-clamp techniques to assess the effects of toluene on neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed in oocytes and cultured hippocampal neurons. Toluene (50 micro M to 10 mM) produced a reversible, concentration-dependent inhibition of acetylcholine-induced current in Xenopus oocytes expressing various nicotinic receptor subtypes. The alpha4beta2 and alpha3beta2 subunit combinations were significantly more sensitive to toluene inhibition than the alpha4beta4, alpha3beta4 and alpha7 receptors. 3 Receptors composed of alpha4 and beta2(V253F) subunits showed alpha4beta4-like toluene sensitivity while those containing alpha4 and beta4(F255V) subunits showed alpha4beta2-like sensitivity. 4 In hippocampal neurons, toluene (50 micro M to 10 mM) dose-dependently inhibited ACh-mediated responses with an IC(50) of 1.1 mM. 5 Taken together, these results suggest that nicotinic receptors, like NMDA receptors, show a subunit-dependent sensitivity to toluene and may represent an important site of action for some of the neurobehavioural effects of toluene.
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